The Palgrave Handbook of Islam in Africa. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Fallou Ngom, Mustapha H. Kurfi, Toyin Falola.
• Editors: Ngom, Fallou; Kurfi, Mustapha H; Falola, Toyin
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction PART I: HISTORY AND DIFFUSION Chapter 2: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa, 800-1900 Chapter 3: Religious Leadership and Mobility: Revisiting the Legacy of Al-Ḥājj Salim Suwari Chapter 4: The Islamic Intellectual Traditions of Sudanic Africa, with Analysis of a Fifteenth- Century Timbuktu Manuscript Chapter 5: Interpretations of Jihād in Africa: A Historical Overview Chapter 6: Between Jihād and History: Re-conceptualizing the Islamic Revolutions of West Africa Chapter 7: Islam and Emancipation: The Fuladu Fulani in the Kaabu Empire Chapter 8: Geography, Islam, and Africa Chapter 9: Islam in West Africa: Diffusion and Growth Chapter 10: Southern Africa's Muslim Communities: Selected Profiles PART II: INSTITUTIONS AND PRACTICES Chapter 11: Sharīʿa Law in Muslim Africa Chapter 12: Female Muslim Scholars in Africa Chapter 13: Christianity and Islam in Africa Chapter 14: Islam and West African Religions Chapter 15: Islamic Philosophy in Africa PART III: ISLAM AND CREATIVITY Chapter 16: Islamic Architecture in Pre-colonial Africa Chapter 17: Islamic Calligraphy, Abstraction and Magic Talismans in Northern Nigeria Chapter 18: Islam in Europhone African Literature Chapter 19: Islam and Music in Africa Chapter 20: Muslims and Traditional Dance Performance in Dagboŋ, Northern Ghana PART IV: AFRICAN MUSLIMS AND KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS Chapter 21: Black Africans in Arabic Sources: A Critical Assessment of Method and Rhetoric Chapter 22: African Islamic Influences in Selected African American Literary Writings Chapter 23: Competing and Complementary Writing Systems in the Horn of Africa Chapter 24: Manuscript Libraries of Sub-Saharan Muslim Africa Chapter 25: Exploring and Preserving the Islamic Manuscript Heritage of Sub-Saharan Africa PART V: ISLAM, MODERNITY AND THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD Chapter 26: Islam and Activism: The Marabout and the Trade Union Chapter 27: Islam and Politics in West Africa: Intricacies of the Relationship as seen through Mali and Senegal Chapter 28: Private Islamic Education in Africa Chapter 29: Islam and Political Renaissance in Contemporary Africa Chapter 30: Islam and Globalization in Africa Chapter 31: Islam and the Environment in African Context Chapter 32: Researching Digital Media and Islam in Africa: Recommending a Framework Chapter 33: Islam and the Future of Africa: Perceptions, Stereotypes, and the Clash of Philosophies.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (774 pages)
• Subjects: Religion; Religion and sociology; African literature; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Social Science -- General; History -- Africa -- General; Literary Criticism -- African; Religious issues & debates; Cultural studies; African history; Politics & government; Literature: history & criticism; Religion -- Islam -- Theology; Islamic theology; Islam--Doctrines; Ethnology--Africa; Africa--History; Africa--Politics and government
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030457594
• Related ISBNs: 9783030457587
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